A Developer's Guide to Cloud Apps Using Microsoft Azure: Migrate and modernize your cloud-native applications with containers on Azure using real-world case studies

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Foreword
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1 – MigratingApplications to Azure
Chapter 1: An Introduction to theCloud-Native App Lifecycle
	An introduction to cloud-native applications
	Application design
		Monoliths versus microservices
		Monolithic and microservices architectures
	Application lifecycles
		Stage 1 – application governance
		Stage 2 – development
		Stage 3 – quality assurance – software testing
		Stage 4 – deployment
		Stage 5 – operations and maintenance
	The Twelve-Factor Application design methodology
	Serverless applications
	The challenges of cloud-native applications
		The challenges of service discovery and CI/CD pipelines for microservices applications
		Security and observability challenges
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 2: Beginning Your Application Migration
	Understanding the Cloud Adoption Framework
		Cloud migration versus cloud adoption
		The basic steps to consider before starting a migration
	Rationalization
		Rehost
		Re-platform
		Refactor or re-architect
		Rebuild
		Replace or repurchase
	Understanding Azure hosting options
	Evaluating migration considerations
	Summary
	Further reading
	Questions
Chapter 3: Migrating Your Existing Applications to a Modern Environment
	Exploring a migration approach, modernization, scenarios, and paths for an existing .NET application
	Migrating an ASP.NET Web solution to an Azure VM
		Migrating using Microsoft migration tools and services
		Migrating an application manually
	Migrating an ASP.NET Web solution to Azure App Service
		Deploying an ASP.NET application to Azure App Service
		Publishing Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to Azure App Service (Windows)
	Migrating an ASP.NET web solution to a Windows container
		Lifting and shifting Windows applications
	Migrating a database to Azure
		Azure SQL Database
		Migrating a database from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database using Azure DMS
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 4: Exploring the Use Cases and Application Architecture
	Healthcare sample solution use cases
	Monolithic versus microservices
		Monolithic architecture
		Microservices architecture
	Challenges and solutions for distributed data management
	Solution architecture
	Summary
Part 2 – Building Cloud-Oriented Applications Using Patterns and Technologies in Azure
Chapter 5: Learning Cloud Patterns and Technologies
	An introduction to patterns and technologies
	Using cloud design patterns
		Interoperability and portability
		Scalability
		Performance issues
		Reliability and availability
		Loosely coupled service design
		Application security
		Cloud design pattern
	Using different cloud technologies
		Containers
		Container orchestration
		Service Fabric
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Setting Up an Environment to Build and Deploy Cloud-Based Applications
	Prerequisites to build a cloud-native application
		Visual Studio 2022
		Visual Studio Code
		Microsoft Azure
		Azure Cloud Shell
		Docker Hub account
		Docker Desktop
		Podman
		Podman Desktop
		Git
		Azure DevOps
		GitHub
	Setting up a development environment on Windows
		Installing and configuring Docker Desktop on Windows
		Configuring Git on Windows
	Setting up a development environment on Linux
		Installing and configuring Docker Desktop on Linux
		Configuring Git on Linux
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 7: Using Azure App Service to Deploy Your First Application
	Azure App Service basics
		Azure App Service plans
		App Service environments
		Creating and configuring an App Service plan
		Creating a new App Service resource in the portal
		Creating a new Azure App Service using the Azure CLI
		Creating a new App Service using PowerShell
	Creating and configuring web app settings in Azure App Service
		Managing settings in Azure
	Deploying an application on Azure App Service
	Scaling apps in Azure App Service
		Scaling App Service manually
		Scaling based on a schedule
		Monitoring autoscaling activity
	Exploring Azure App Service deployment slots
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 3 – PaaS versus CaaS to Deploy Containers in Azure
Chapter 8: Building a Containerized App Using Docker and Azure Container Registry
	Describing the development process for Docker-based applications
		The development environment for Docker-based applications
		Docker containers versus Docker images
		The containerized application life cycle in Docker
	Exploring Azure Container Registry
	Exploring Azure Container Instances
	Exploring the elements of a Dockerfile
	Exercise 1 – deploying Docker containers on an Azure VM
	Exercise 2 – deploying Docker containers on Azure Container Registry
		Creating an Azure Container Registry with the Azure portal
		Creating an ACR with the Azure CLI
		Pushing your image to ACR using the Docker CLI
		Deploying the application to a container registry using Visual Studio 2022
		Deploying the application to a container registry using Visual Studio Code
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 9: Understanding Container Orchestration
	Container orchestration versus Docker
		Docker Swarm – a definition
		Kubernetes – a definition
		Kubernetes cluster architecture
	Exploring Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure Container Apps
		Azure Kubernetes Service
		Azure Container Apps
	Orchestrating microservices and multi-container applications
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Setting Up a Kubernetes Cluster on AKS
	Exercise 1 – creating an AKS cluster using the Azure CLI
	Exercise 2 – creating an AKS cluster using the Azure portal
	Exercise 3 – deploying an AKS cluster and running an application using the Azure CLI
	Exercise 4 – deploying an AKS cluster using an ARM template
	Exercise 5 – deploying an AKS cluster using Azure DevOps Starter
	Exercise 6 – debugging your application using Bridge to Kubernetes
		Bridge to Kubernetes in Visual Studio 2022
		Bridge to Kubernetes in Visual Studio Code
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 4 – Ensuring Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment on Azure
Chapter 11: Introduction to Azure DevOps and GitHub
	What is DevOps?
	Exploring Azure DevOps
		Azure Boards
		Azure Repos
	Exploring GitHub
		Create and configure a new organization
		Configure GitHub projects
	Exercise – creating an Azure DevOps organization
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 12: Creating a Development Pipeline in Azure DevOps
	Setting up your Azure DevOps environment
	Creating a build pipeline with Azure Pipelines
		Azure Pipelines’ core concepts
		Creating a build pipeline with Azure Pipelines
	Creating a release pipeline in Azure Pipelines
	Creating a CI/CD pipeline for the GitHub repository using Azure DevOps Starter
	Summary
Assessments
Index
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